Erin Breen: Vets are an ideal source for students to learn history

2:46 AM,
Nov. 13, 2012

Erin Breen, Channel 2 News anchor and freelance writer (3-18-10)

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He is 87, and he saw the world from a very different perspective than most anyone reading this. Sam Kronick, like many veterans of World War II, entered the military while he still was a teenager. Kronick enlisted in the U.S. Army. And his best friend was his rifle.

"I ate with that gun, I slept with that gun and I worked with that gun by my side 24 hours a day," he said. "That gun saved my life more times than I can tell you."

Just a few weeks ago, Kronick told that story to a group of students at Veteran's Elementary School in Reno. He and about 20 other veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam took part in ...